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Mississippi’s longest-serving death row inmate seeks clemency from governor
Mississippi’s longest-serving death row inmate is seeking clemency from Gov. Tate Reeves. On Monday, attorneys for Richard ...
Hearing could determine whether Richard Gerald Jordan’s planned execution moves forward
Richard Gerald Jordan is sentenced to die by lethal injection later this month at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at ...
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8 Inmates Have Died This Year At Mississippi State Penitentiary
An inmate has died at Mississippi State Penitentiary, also known as Parchman, the county coroner confirmed on Wednesday, bringing the total number of deaths at the facility up to 8 since the year ...
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Mississippi to execute Parchman inmate on June 25
The state set Richard Jordan’s execution date for June 25 at 6 p.m. at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman. A ...
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Mississippi man to be executed in June asks state court to reconsider elements of his case
Richard Gerald Jordan's execution date is set for June 25, but his attorney is asking the state to reconsider, saying he ...
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Update: Escaped murderer recaptured in Mississippi. It wasn’t his first jailbreak
Nevin Whetstone, who is serving life for the 1983 murder of Loretta Darlene Steele in Lee County, escaped from the Mississippi State Penitentiary sometime earlier in the week. Mississippi Today ...
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Inmate captured after escape from MS penitentiary
who escaped the Mississippi State Penitentiary, has been captured in Tulsa, Oklahoma, MDOC said. MDOC photo SUNFLOWER COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – An inmate has escaped from the Mississippi State ...